Improved stirrup-fastening



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

c. E. WELLMAmoE NEW YORK, n. Y.

IMISROVED STIRRUP-FASTENING.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 49,813, dated September5, 1,865.

To all whom 'it may concern: Bc it known that I, G. H. WELLMAN, ofNo.932 Broadway, in the city, county, and State l`of New York,- haveinvented'a new and useful thereby relieving the riders feet and leavingthem free ofthe saddle, whereby much of the danger of .serious injury tolife and 'limb is:

prevented.v

By myA improvement this result is accomplished; and it consists inhinging one side of -a buckle-frame, and at its upper end, to and uponthe main portion ofthe same, through the opening in which buckle theupper end ot' the stirrup-strap is passed and secured at any point,according to the position desired for the.

stirru p, by inserting a sliding pin or hook, moving upon the uppercross-piece ofthe buckleframe, in the proper aperture therefor. Thebuckle hasa swin ging tongue or plate, by which it is secured to thesaddle in theusual position therefor, and in any proper manner;

In the use of the buckles abofve described, if the horse should fall,throwing the rider forward, by the natural pulling of his feet upon thestirrup-strapsand against the hinged sides' et' thebuekles, they arethereby 'swung open, allowing-thest'rap's 'to pass ourl of the same,while at the same time they disengage themselves from their hooks' orpins, thus leaving the feet ot' the rider free of the horsel \Inaccompanying plate of 'drawingsemyinr provement is represented, Figure 1being a side view of the bucklej with thestirrup-strap detached,-andFig. 2 a view of one end of the buckle, showing its hinged portion. andthe stirrup-strap inserted therein. A a a yrepresent Athe buckle-frame,made of any suitable shape and size, and of any proper metal or othermaterial, one end', b, of which is, hinged by its upper end, c, to andupon the mainv portion d ofthe buckle-frame a, its lower end, f, vwhenitis closed, passingcver-and upon,

by its socket g, the projecting stud or pin h ot' y lower end ot' whichcomes below the under side of the frame a, andA bears against the same,

when thenstirrup-strap is placed within the opening o of the buckle andthe hook inserted within the .desired aperture of the same, as.

seen at P in Fig. 2, rop-strap therein.

v,To and upon the upper cross-piece, q, of frame a a swingingtongue-piece or plate, 1 is hung, by which tongue-piece the buckle,with. its

securely holding the stirhinged end, is fastened to the saddle, and inits usual position, by any proper means. t By forming astirrup-strapbuckle as above described, incase of any accident to thehorse the strap becomes instantly disengaged therefrom .by simplypulling upon the same with the' feet in such a direction as will causeit to bear against the hinged side ot' the same, whichconsequently fliesopen, allowing the strap tov pass freely out ot' therbuckle, slidingitshook vupon its bearings, and iinally necessarily disengaging itselftheret'roin,when the foot is perfectly free and' independent of thesaddle or the horse, asis evident without further description, and theadvantages of which have been hereinbefore stated. f

My improved strap-fastenin g may be adapted for other purposes thanthatgparticularly described, and therefore I do not intend to limit.myself to its use for that alone.

Having'th us described myinvention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- The combination, with a sliding hook or pin,

,of a buckle, made of any desired size and shape,

a hinged or pivoted side, arranged and operating together substantiallyin the manner de scribed, and orthe purposes specied.

The above specification ot' my invention signed by ine this 20th day ofMarch, 1865. C. H. WELLMAN.

Witnesses: l

M. M. Livmes'rou,

A. E. BEACH.

